Marik
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.
Marik by the numbers
Marik was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Marik
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marik. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Markdedicated to mars or warlike1,936 in the US (2017)
- Marioof Mars; warlike; a form of Marius1,129 in the US (2017)
- Malikking or master160 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marinof the sea; from marinus171 in the US (2017)
- Marekwarlike; a form of Marcus89 in the US (2017)
- Mavrikindependent, unbranded; a modern respelling of Maverick41 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Marik
Names that are said the same way as Marik, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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